Página 22 A few experimenters have selected plants (stools) having different characteristics
and by planting 100 seeds from each plant in rows, one seed at a place, have
obtained remarkable results. After the ability of the plant to transmit its characters
...

Página 23 At the Ohio State University in 1902, fourteen ears of maize of a given variety
were selected, and two rows of fifty hills each were planted from each ear. The
smallest ear, containing next to the smallest weight of maize, produced the
heaviest ...

Página 35 The endosperm, along with the embryo, is enclosed in a single row of
comparatively large cells rather regular and rectangular in transverse or cross
section. When viewed perpendicular to the surface these cells are irregular in
form. The cells ...

Página 36 The pericarp is composed of three rows of cells and constitutes a ratherlarger
portion of the grain than do the testa and nucellus together. These envelopes are
sometimes spoken of collectively as the bran. Bessey 1 and Snyder * give
different ...

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